William smith



(No Model.)

W. SMITH.

- WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 16, 1894.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM SMITH, OF DRAKES CREEK, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT L. ANDERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,458, dated October 16, 1894.

Application filed March 5, 1894. Serial No. 5021 (N0 model-l T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Drakes Creek,in the county of Madison and State of Arkansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is a new and novel washing machine; and consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, cut on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 2. a i a My invention is described as follows: A, is the stand upon which the box B, is hung. The standards of said' frame are provided with lower and upper bearings a, and a, so that the box may be adjusted to a low or tall person, or to a person sitting down or stand. ing up. Said standards may have as many bearings as desired, one above the other.

The box 13, is nearly square and has in it a partition 1), dividing the box in two equal water-tight compartments, and running diagonally across the box, forming acute V- shaped corners b, in each compartment. Said box is strengthened by side braces g, which are made wide at their lower ends for a purpose hereinafter explained, and said box is swung on axles which are secured one to each of said braces, and one of said axles is pro vided with a crank handle 70. In the upper part of the box are two openings O,one opening into each compartment, through which the water and clothes are putdnto the bt x, white clothing to be put in one box and col: ored clothing put into the other box, one of the objects of the partition (b,) being. to enable the operator to wash two kinds of cloth: ing at the same ti n1e-colored or white, dirty or soiled, because to wash finer fabrics only soiled, with dirty clothing injures and stains the finer fabrics. Theilids D, one for closing each opening, are secured to the swinging beam 01, and the swinging beam at, is pivoted to the top of the box by means of a headed bolt (5., and tail nut e.

The periphery of the openings 0, or the under face of the lids D, may be padded with any material most suited to prevent the water from escaping when the lids are on and screwed down tight.

In the standards next the operator is a perforation fithrough which passes a removable pin or boltf, and in the lower end of braces g, are perforations i, which register with the perforation f, in the standard. The object of these perforations, pin and brace-board g, is to enable the operator to tilt the box, first one, and then the other end down, so that the water may be more easily poured into the openings 0, and so that the water will more readily run out of the openings h, and h; it, being in one end of the box and h, in the other near its bottom, also to hold the box in a horizontal position by putting the pin through the center perforation of said braceboard, and thus hold said box firmly when the wringer is applied to the wringer-holders j. A wringer-holder j, is applied to each end of the top part of the box, so that the clothes may be conveniently wrung as they are drawn outof their respective compartments and to the further end to prevent them becoming mixed.

The washing is accomplished by taking hold of the handle 7r, revolving the box or swinging it one end up and the other down, until the washing is done.

When the machine is in motion the clothes, by their weight, force themselves down into the sharp V-shaped corners b, and as the machine moves on to other points in its revolution they, (the clothes) spread out so that thorough work is thoroughly done.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a washing machine, substantially as shown and described, the combination of the 9 5 frame A; rectangular box B, journaled in said frame and provided with a water-tight partition h, set at an angle in said box, dividing the same into two equal water-tight compartand lids down in iaee, substantially as shown ments; and provided with openings 0, one and described and for the purposes set forth. [0 opening into each compartment; swinging In testimony whereof I affix my signature in beam (1, bearing on each end covers D,a,da,ptedpresence of two Witnesses. 5 to close said opening C; threaded bolt (1',

V passing up through the top of the box and Vvitnesses:

through the beam (1; and. tail nut e, working J. O. PARKER,

on said bolt; and adapted to hold said beam T. R. SULLIVAN.

WILLIAh/I SDIITH. 

